Alphabet associations - I

[cloughie]

Expand please

Maybe Lament
Belinda is featured in Dido's lament.

...and Heaven could be a place on Earth.

[Flay]

Maybe Lament
Belinda is featured in Dido's lament.

Two out of three aint bad. What about the other part...?

[cloughie]

Two out of three aint bad. What about the other part...?

Needs somebody cleverer than me - I can't even see a third part to the clue!

[vinteuil]

I'll give you L:

Belinda parted from Beowulf.

... if it is Lament, and the first part is Dido, is the second part Arianna - the 'parted from' being the key to her Lament?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtzxZSUMG8M

[Flay]

I can't even see a third part to the clue!

It's a minimalist clue...

[cloughie]

It's a minimalist clue...

Didn't see through it - Glass Victor's Lament?

[Flay]

None of you seem to be taking part...

[vinteuil]

None of you seem to be taking part...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55FrUBJXLZ4

[Flay]

Didn't see through it - Glass Victor's Lament?

Not what's on the card, but a good try

[Flay]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55FrUBJXLZ4

Not what's on the card, but a very good try....

[Flay]

We shouldn't have had that apple for lunch...

[subcontrabass]

Not what's on the card, but a very good try....

Is this any better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCx-Meklym0

[vinteuil]

Flay is Araucaria, and I claim my £5.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Galbraith_Graham

... unless praps he's Ximenes??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Somerset_Macnutt

[cloughie]

Is this any better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCx-Meklym0

Or maybe Nyman Lament for Lost Youth.

As an aside in googling Nyman Lament - the response came back did I mean Norman Lamont - no even I prefer minimalist composers to failed chancellors - and I'm not that keen oh the former!

[Nick Armstrong]

I can't even see a third part to the clue!

Two out of three aint bad.

I couldn't even see more than one answer at that point...

There'll be a dire need of coleslaw this end